Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-07

Railroad Company; Savannah, 0rlinn
and North Alabama Railroad Company
SeaboOrd and Roanoke Railroad Com
many South Carolina Railroad Com
pany South and North Alabama Rail-
road Line; Western railroad OF Ala
hama Western and Atlantic Railroad
Company Atlantic Coast-Line System
baltimore and Chesapeake and Rich
nond Steamboat Company Boston and
Savannah Steamship Company Clyde's
Steam Lines; Merchants and Miners
Transportation Company New York
and Charleston Steamship Company
Ocean Steamship Company ; Old Do
ninion Steamship Company-common
carriers subject to the provision Of said
act for authority to charge less for
longer than for shorter distances
in certain cases-that is to say, for the
transportation of property from and to
Poston, Providence, II. l., New York
city, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Alexan-
dria, Va, Cincinnati, Jacksonville,
Ind, Louisville, Ky, Hickman, KY,
Columbus, KY, East Cairo, KY, Cairo,
H.. Henderson, KY, Evansville. Ind,
st. Louis, Mo-, and points northerly
therefrom to and from Lynchburg,
Danville, Strasburg, Norfolk, Ports
mouth, Va, Point Rock, n. c., Will
mington, N. c., Charleston, s. c., Sa-
vannah, Brunswick, Augusta, Ga. I;
Columbia. Greenwood. Laurens,
Spartanburg, Greenville, Ander-
son. s. c.; Macon. Milledge-
Vile, Athens, Gainesville, At
lanta, Rome, Dalton, Cedartown,
Ga. {; Chattanooga, Tenn. Gadsden,
Ala. Columbus, Albany, Fort Gaines,
Ga. Eufaula, Opelika, Ala, West Point,
Ga. Montgomery, Selma, Birmingham,
Aniston, Mobile, Ala. New Orleans, La,
Pensacola, Fla, Fernandina, Gains
vile, Baldwin, Callahan, Fla. Meri-
dain, Jackson, Vicksbnrg, Miss. !; Mem
phis, Nashville, Tenn. and points
southerly therefrom, and from and to
said last named points each with the
other so far as the same are situated IN
different States at higher rates than are
charged from and to the same points
to and from local points. The inter
mediate points last enumerated over
the same lines and certain of
ssid railroad companies lines and
systems having also severally made
application for like authority so
far as said points are reached by them
respectively, and said common carriers
having presenteda s the reason for grant
ing their said application the existence
of water and other competition, claim
ing that the same cannot be met except
by maintaining rates heretofore estab-
lished to and from said points, which
are allegad TO be too low to enable said
common carriers to carry on business
if applied to said local intermediate
points; and further claiming that
great disturbance OF business will occur
if the present traffic arrangements are
immediately changed; and it appear
ing to the commission after an
investigation of said petition and
the facts presented in support
thereof to lie a proper case for
temporary order authorizing ex-
isting rates to be maintained for the
time being, until the commission cen
make complete examination of mat
tiers alleged in said petition as reasons
for relieving said common carriers
from the operation of said section of
said act,
alt is ordered that SAID application
be, and he same is hereby, granted
temporarily, subject to modification or
revocation by the commission at any
time upon hearing or otherwise, and
said common carriers are hereby tenn
rorarily relieved from the operation
Of the fourth section OF said act to the
extent specified in the recitals of this
order, and for a period not greater
than ninety days from this date, sub
iect however to the restriction
that none of said common car
riere, while this order remains in
force, shall in any case charge
or receive compensation for the trans
portatioh of property between stations
on their respective lines where more Is
charged for a shorter than for longer
haul which shall he greater than the
rates in force and charged and received
ny said carriers respectively on the 3lst
day of March, 1887, the schedules of
which have been filed with the COM
mission.
1T is made a further condition of
this order that a printed copy hereof
shall be publicly posted and kept with
the schedule of rates, fares, and charges
st every station upon the lines OF said
&C mmon carriers where such schedule
is by law required to be posted and
kept for the use of the public and it
is further ordered that the commission
convene at Atlanta, Ca, on the
.Uh day Of April. 1897, at 3 o'clock
Z. NJ, and thereafter at Mobile, April
29th A; at New Orleans, May 2d and at
Memphis, Tenn, May 4th, for the con-
sideration of the subject matter Of the
said petition ;st which places and times
said common carriers, or any of them,
may appear and present application
for said relief. with evidence in support
thereof which applications in each
case must show the precise relief de-
sired, the facts upon which the same is
claimed, and the extent to which relief
from the operations of said section of
said act is asked for and at the same
places and times any persons inter-
csted in opposing any such applica-
iions may also appear and be heard,
and at any time prior to May 6, 1887,
the commission will receive printed
or written communications III support
of or in opposition to the relief asked
10y said petitions
This arrangement respecting the
time and places of hearing and the
method Of procedure is subject to
change or enlargement in the discre-
ton Of the commission.
=" For the Commission.
at. NJ. COOLEY. Chairman.
The Election in Chicago.
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